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Lowe’s Installs Collection Centers at Stores - Recycling Today
WEBOct 1, 2010 · Lowe's Installs Collection Centers at Stores
Guardians of growth - Recycling Today
WEBMar 11, 2019 · Organic and inorganic growth. Growth through acquisition is an important factor in Alter’s story. The company has added 55 locations since 1998, primarily by purchasing existing family-owned scrap companies. Alter’s most recent purchase was of 100-plus-year-old TRG of Little Rock, Arkansas, in late 2018.
Office Depot Unveils Recycling Trade-In Program
WEBSep 11, 2008 · Office Depot Unveils Recycling Trade-In Program
Finkl Steel could be spun off from Swiss parent
WEBMar 20, 2024 · Finkl Steel, a specialty steel producer with melt shops in Chicago and Canada, may be spun off by its current parent company, Swiss Steel Group, Lucerne, Switzerland. “Finkl Steel will not be integrated into the [Swiss Steel] Group and a divestiture is under study," Swiss Steel says in comments …
Thinking through the opportunities - Recycling Today
WEBOct 6, 2021 · Currently, Ekman Recycling trades about 1.4 million tons of recovered paper per year. “From a volume point of view, we’re four or five times as big today as we were when we started the division with the acquisition of K-C International,” says Neil Cooper, vice president of marketing and finance at Ekman Recycling.
Road ahead for scrap tire recycling - Recycling Today
WEBNov 26, 2018 · While many scrap tires are being recycled, Sheerin says USTMA’s 2017 report notes a slight decline in the recycling of tires overall compared with its 2015 report, “predominantly due to a decrease in TDF.”. According to USTMA’s report, the largest end-market decline was in TDF, with 9.7 percent less demand in 2017 compared with 2015.
APR updates Design Guide for Plastics Recyclability
WEBMay 3, 2019 · The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Washington, has expanded its Design Guide for Plastics Recyclability to include several new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) screening tests and an updated inventory of PET test protocols. Jaime Camara, APR board chairman and CEO and director of Mexico …
Oryx says scrap is improving stainless steel’s carbon footprint
WEBFeb 6, 2023 · Netherlands-based stainless steel processing and trading firm Oryx Stainless Group says research it is conducting with Germany’s Fraunhofer UMSICHT institute has determined there was “a savings potential of more than 4.5 tons of CO 2 ” emissions per ton of blended scrap prepared by Oryx Stainless Group and used at melt shops. “More recent calculations by the UMSICHT team even come to ...
Report finds aluminum cans remain most sustainable package
WEBDec 3, 2020 · The 20-year average for the consumer recycling rate is around 50 percent. The aluminum can remains by far the most valuable package in the recycling bin, with a value per ton of $1,210 per ton compared with $237 per ton for plastic and a negative value of $21 per ton for glass, based on a two-year rolling average through February 2019.
Record-setting rates - Recycling Today
WEBApr 12, 2017 · Pricing for old corrugated containers (OCC) and mixed paper set records for the fifth consecutive month, with both recovered fiber grades reaching levels that are more than double what they were selling for this time last year. One source says the price hikes are “explosive,” “crazy” and “risky.”. At $172.78 per ton, OCC pricing ...